Honeywell platform offers additional cyber security layer

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Category: Controls, Instrumentation & Automation

Product Type: Controllers & control systems

Manufacturer: Honeywell

Featuring an innovative design, Experion R300 offers customers the opportunity to reduce their total installed automation cost and improve their productivity.

Specifically, the Experion R300 platform delivers:

• An additional cyber security layer to Experion's High Security Network Architecture, the Experion Control Firewall, further protects the controller network against message flooding and denial of service attack.
• A new “Backup and Restore” automated system provides automated disaster recovery – allowing customers to recover and restore their failed nodes in less than an hour as compared to days in some cases when manual back-up procedures are used. Typically, this feature restores data 80% faster than current methods.
• The Series C optionally redundant process input-output (I/O) family.  Using a unique vertical design, Series C I/O delivers wiring, maintenance and cost savings. Competitive systems are anywhere from five to 75 percent larger. As a result of the new Series C I/O vertical design, customers also can save in total control room build costs, which can cost as much as $750 per square foot to construct.  In addition to I/O, this innovative vertical packing concept has been extended to the controller and the Fieldbus Interface Module, providing both with a smaller and higher performance package.
• Enhanced procedural operations that help reduce shut-down and start-up incidents by capturing and implementing best work practices.  Traditionally, this knowledge is only needed occasionally, so it's easily forgotten, or it's leaving companies with a transitioning workforce.  According to an Abnormal Situation Management (ASM®) Consortium study, an average $2.5 million per year can be avoided by managing operating procedures.

"With the influx of commercial-off-the-shelf-technology (COTS) in control hardware, it is increasingly difficult for process automation system suppliers to add value at the hardware layer of the system, particularly at the controller and I/O level,” said Larry O'Brien, ARC Research Director. “Honeywell's new vertical design is unique in the industry and provides the reduction in real estate and footprint that has increasingly become a concern for users.” 

“Honeywell's steps to address the issue of cyber security with embedded control firewalls and a more secure network architecture is also addressing key user concerns regarding the vulnerability of automation systems,” said O'Brien. “By improving maintenance efficiency and reducing the number of system components, Experion R300 offers higher availability than before and the potential to help customers avoid costly unplanned downtime.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this release from a functional perspective, however, is the enhanced procedural operations. ARC definitely sees a continued reduction in workforce knowledge that can only be accumulated with experience, and capture of this knowledge will be essential for the future success of any process manufacturer."

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Phone: (973) 455-2000
Fax: (973) 455-4807
Website: www.honeywell.com